President Barack Obama has proposed cuts to FEMA for 2013 that would reduce overall funding by about 3 percent, with $1 billion trimmed form the Disaster Relief Fund but more money given to state and local programs. Republican nominee Mitt Romney has supported far steeper cuts to discretionary spending overall — a broad pool of programs that includes FEMA funds and disaster relief.

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